August Rush'
Runtime: 113min 42secsTagline: An incredible journey moving at the speed of sound.
Directed by: Kirsten Sheridan
Screenplay by: Nick Castle and James V. Hart
Plot Outline:
Lyla Novacek (Keri Russell) is a brilliant cellist who has just finished performing a concert in New York City. Lyla goes out on the town with her girlfriend and ends up isolated at a party near New Yorks Washington Square. This is where she meets Louis Connelly (Jonathan Rhys Meyers) an Irish guitar player. They share the love of music and end up truly falling in love together that night.
Lyla promised to meet Louis again but her father forces her not to. They are like two ships that pass in the night, never to see each other again, except for the fact that Lyla is now pregnant with a child. Sadly, Lyla is in a car accident and the unborn child is lost.
August Rush (Freddie Highmore) is that lost child, born with the gift to hear music in all things around him. A music that he believes will bring his parents together to him. This is the story of his journey. His journey from an adoption home, leading him to the city & the very place that this all began.
Overall Impressions:
I know a bunch of people that won't watch a film unless they have a vague idea what it's all about. Sometimes that approach means you really miss out. I knew nothing about this except Keri Russell was in it. The lovely waitress that makes a pie for every occasion.
From the very first scene which starts with the boy, feeling the notes in the air as he hears the wind, I was totally dragged into this, as the plot develops, we learn about how the present situation has come about in a number of flashbacks and this works spectacularly well for the narrative.
It's like a number of different aspects of the story that lead to one specific ending & I really liked that. It reminds me of how people are brought together from all sorts of backgrounds and walks of life, everyday under some strange coincidence, but sometimes that collision means something more.
The music throughout matched the mood too, which is obviously more crucial when it's a film about music & musicians. What surprising was also how good the kid was, he wasn't annoying, I mean really what are the odds?
A feel-good entertainer that doesn't disappoint. I was left touched & highly impressed. Worth a watch.
A real shame that I missed this! Couldn't get to Cineworld-Woodgreen where it was playing, it has to wait till the DVD release now.
It's always the smaller films that hold the trump card it would seem. I did realy enjoy it, was like a Hindi flick in the making. (bet someone's working on that as we speak).
was like a Hindi flick in the making. (bet someone's working on that as we speak).
Ah, you're making me feel so guilty, and I am guilty!